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Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title ...
Salazar supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War and played a key role in keeping Portugal and Spain neutral during World War II while still providing aid and assistance to the Allies. [11] [12] [13] Despite being a dictatorship, Portugal under his rule took part in the founding of some international organisations.
Franco Historia de las Divisiones del Ejército Nacional 1936-1939 (Tercera ed.). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 9788492714179. Juan Carlos (1990), Ideology of Franco's Army (1939-1959), Madrid. ISBN 8470902253; Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1968–1985). Monographies of the Spanish Civil War. Editorial San Martín.
On 29 November 2011, the Expert Commission for the Future of the Valley of the Fallen, formed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero under the Historical Memory Law and in charge of giving advice for converting the Valley to a "memory centre that dignifies and rehabilitates the victims of the Civil War and the subsequent Franco regime", [1 ...
Coat of Arms of Francisco Franco until 1940 Coat of Arms of Francisco Franco as Head of the Spanish State, depicting the Castilian Bend, the Pillars of Hercules and the Laureate Cross. The military career of Francisco Franco Bahamonde began on 29 August 1907, when he took the oath as a cadet at the Spanish Toledo Infantry Academy.
The Francisco Franco National Foundation [1] [2] [3] (Spanish: Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco; FNFF) [4] is a foundation created in 1976 devoted to promoting the legacy of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. [5] [6] The only child of Franco, Carmen Franco (1926–2017) led the organisation and later became its honorary president. [7] [8]
Francisco Franco (pictured in 1964). From 18 July 1947, by virtue of the Law of Succession, Franco would act as the Head of State of the newly proclaimed Kingdom of Spain, whose throne was vacant and thus would have to remain so at least until the occurrence of what was later called the "succession event", a euphemism for the death of the dictator.
By the end of 1973, the physical health of dictator Francisco Franco had declined significantly, and it epitomized the final crisis of the Francoist regime. Following Blanco's death, the most conservative sector of the Francoist State, known as the búnker, wanted to influence Franco so that he would choose an ultraconservative as Prime Minister.